Navios Maritime Holdings Inc (NM) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Thursday February 18 as the stock slid 7.97% to $0.87, a loss of $-0.0753 per share. Starting at an opening price of $0.95 a share, the stock traded between $0.84 and $0.95 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 228,020 shares over 1,000 trades, against an average daily volume of 1.01 million shares and a total float of 108.13 million.

The losses send Navios Maritime Holdings Inc down to a market cap of $94.07 million. In the last year, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc has traded between $4.68 and $0.68, and its 50-day SMA is currently $1.10 and 200-day SMA is $2.51.

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc is a seaborne shipping and logistics company focused on the transport and transshipment of drybulk commodities including iron ore, coal and grain. It operates in two segments; Dry bulk Vessel Operations and Logistics.

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc is based out of Monte Carlo, and has some 562 employees. Its CEO is Angeliki Frangou.

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